The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed involving a navigation system including a localizer and a tracker detected within a field-of-view of the localizer. In one example, a virtual line-of-sight boundary is generated based on a line-of-sight relationship between the tracker and localizer. Additionally, or alternatively, a virtual field-of-view boundary is generated based on the field-of-view of the localizer. A virtual object is associated with a physical object and/or the tracker. Controller(s) detect whether a virtual collision occurs between the virtual object and the virtual line-of-sight boundary and/or virtual field-of-view boundary. The controller(s) enable a response based on detecting the virtual collision.